November 2014

Mark Entwistle outlines the perfect way to mess up adjudication submissions… Speaking at the annual conference of the Adjudication Society in London, respected adjudicator Mark Entwistle summarised the years of bad submissions that had been made to him on occasions. Speaking primarily as a critic of parties’ conduct, Mark provided some witty observations before concluding his address with the ‘model’ submission; Late service of documents Emails submissions in batches Hard copy files that have burst one in transit and disgorged their contents with other files’ contents Missing appendices No pagination No cross-referencing Incomprehensible text Inclusion of irrelevant documents Uninvited submissions Adjudicators.

Vivian Ramsey retired on 2 November and, last night, reminisced on some of his years at the Bar and in the Judiciary. Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators NW annual dinner in Manchester he outlined his hopes that domestic arbitration would regain popularity. Citing the uncertainties of adjudication and litigation as leading some parties to mediation, he suggested that “proper and proportionate arbitration” could make a recovery. He commented that arbitration could learn from litigation in areas such as the control of (sometimes voluminous) oral evidence. 100 people attended the dinner. Further information on CIArb NW.